[Exhibit B-10]
[Appendix C: Multivariate Analyses
in Chapter 5 and 6]
|
Reasons |
Number of Families |
|
Family-Driven Reasons |
|
|
Health problems: serious illness, injury, surgery, hospitalization, recuperation (236); problem pregnancy (62); mental illness (8) |
306 |
|
Pregnancy and/or on maternity leave; caring for newborn at home |
244 |
|
Lack of transportation |
117 |
|
Parent found a job; work schedule precludes regular participation |
88 |
|
Family exited the shelter; family is homeless |
83 |
|
Parent met goals and graduated from the program: unspecified (17), received GED (51), received high school diploma (7) |
75 |
|
Enrolled in other programs |
67 |
|
Family moved out of town or state |
66 |
|
Child no longer in the home; placed in foster care; custodial parent gave up rights; child given up for adoption; eligible parent moved out |
61 |
|
Parent attending postsecondary institution: technical school (21), community or four-year college (34) |
55 |
|
Child care or daycare not available or not affordable |
53 |
|
Unable to contact; address unknown |
49 |
|
Enrolled but never returned or dropped out after first few classes |
44 |
|
Temporary leave of absence, e.g., during summer |
43 |
|
Parent incarcerated |
34 |
|
Parent(s) did not participate; parent refused to participate |
32 |
|
Death of participant: parent (14), child (6), other (10) |
30 |
|
Parent looking for work |
28 |
|
Child enrolled in regular preschool or kindergarten program |
22 |
|
Parent(s) earn living as migrant worker(s) |
21 |
|
Parent returned to high school |
19 |
|
Family problems precluded participation |
18 |
|
Scheduling conflicts with other social services program or class |
16 |
|
Parent has substance abuse problem |
15 |
|
Family left the country |
14 |
|
Husband or male partner refused to allow to participate |
11 |
|
Language barrier |
10 |
|
Program-Driven Reasons |
|
|
Family no longer met eligibility criteria: child aged out (44); child too young (5); parent?s TABE/CASAS scores too high (1); income too high (5); parent has a degree (1); no longer migrant (4); parent is a minor and cannot legally take GED (3); unspecified (21) |
84 |
|
Program closed down due to lack of funds |
68 |
|
Reduced scope of program due to lack of funds: insufficient staff (62), eliminated classes (2), dropped grade level (1) |
65 |
|
Even Start site or center closed down or consolidated sites due to lack of funds |
47 |
|
Prison-based program; participants released or transferred |
28 |
|
Program moved out of service area |
25 |
|
Family suspended or expelled for tardiness, poor attendance, noncooperation, physical violence, etc. |
21 |
|
Referred family to another program |
10 |
|
Note: Of the 31,121 families for whom we received the year-end status, 13,643 (44 percent) had left Even Start during 1996-97. Projects reported "Other" reasons for termination for 1,037 families, or 8 percent of all families who left the program. Exhibit reads: In 1996-97, 306 families left the Even Start program due to health problems. |
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[Exhibit B-10] | |
[Appendix C: Multivariate Analyses in Chapter 5 and 6] |